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And finally, congratulations to the authors and illustrators of the 12 excellent longlisted books in our 11+ Fiction category! #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Day 12, 11+ Fiction: 'The Uninvited' by Ross MacKenzie. Two boys, one broken world, and a secret that could shatter both realms. @AndersenPress @RossAuthor #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Day 11, 11+ Fiction: 'Wolf Siren' by Beth O’Brien. Will Red Riding Hood be able to resist the lure of the forest in order to save the wolves and protect her family secret? @HarperCollinsCh @bethowriter #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Day 10, 11+ Fiction: 'Under the London Sky' by Anna Woltz & transl. by @M_Hutchison. Friendships form and romance blossoms during nights spent sheltering in the underground. But who will live? And who will die? @RocktheBoatNews #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Day 9, 11+ Fiction: 'Nettle' by Bex Hogan. A barefoot misfit, a dangerous bargain, and a realm stitched from moonlight and lies. @_ZephyrBooks @bexhogan #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Day 8, 11+ Fiction: 'The Brightest Star' by Meg Grehan. A stunning verse novel that captures the chaos of navigating anxiety, self-discovery, and surviving secondary school. @LittleIslandBks #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Day 7, 11+ Fiction: 'No Refuge' by Joe Brady & Patrice Aggs. What would you do if you were forced to leave everything behind? This tense graphic novel maintains suspense all the way through. @DFB_storyhouse @josephobrady @PatriceAggs #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Day 6, 11+ Fiction: 'Livia in Rome' by Bruna De Luca. Livia’s summer in Italy is a chance to get to know her grandma, annoying Giulio is getting in the way, but they must work together to save Nina's bar. @chickenhsebooks @brudeluwrites #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Day 5, 11+ Fiction: 'Thirst' by @DarrenSimpson44. Welcome to Maimsbury, where the rituals are old, the woods are watching, and the river always takes its due. @PushkinChildren #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Day 4, 11+ Fiction: 'Phoenix Brothers' by Sita Brahmachari. Two boys trying to settle into a new life - a story of friendship, shared history and challenging choices. @OUPSecondary #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁 📚

Day 3, 11+ Fiction: 'Augmented' by @KenechiUdogu @FaberBooks. Eco-collapse, tech takeover, and one teenager caught between survival and the truth. #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

11+ Fiction Longlist, Day 2: 'The Wycherleys' by Annaliese Avery - a spellbindingly fun enemies-to-lovers tale of witchy rivals navigating Regency high society and family feuds. @simonkids_UK 🎄🎁📚 #Spark12BooksofChristmas

Day 1: Our first book in the 11+ Fiction category is 'I Dare You' by Tamsin Winter - Willow and Alma will do anything to go viral, but as their TikTok likes soar, their dares become increasingly dangerous. @Usborne 🎄🎁📚 #Spark12BooksofChristmas

‘When life’s off track, put pen to paper and find your way back.’ Thanks to @AHicksonLovence for a brilliantly engaging author visit for Year 10 & 11 and an inspiring poetry workshop for Year 12 students! ✍️📚⚽️

Being read and reviewed in the #RR_ReviewersBookClub today we have, Fireborne, reviewed by The Kingston Academy. Read the review here: wherereadingrocks.com/2025/07/17/fir… @AuthorMunda @dkbooks @TKALibrary #YA #fiction #fantasy #adventure #romance

Today we welcomed our new Year 7 pupils to school for Transition Day and transported the library to the Catacombs of Paris to introduce our Summer Reading Challenge... @PiuDasGupta1 @NosyCrow @TheKingstonAca

I’ll not stop thanking anyone who encourages young people to read for pleasure. You’re making the world a better place. A kinder place. And I think most of the world’s biggest problems right now could be solved with kindness. 🙏 @sparkbookaward

Our 11+ Category winner was shortlisted last year in the same category, but came out with the crown this year for 'King of Nothing', published by @HotKeyBooks Congratulations @NateLessore ✨📚🏆

Here they are in all their glory! Congratulations to all the 2025 Spark! Book Award Winners and a huge thank you to all the children and young people who read the books, entered the competitions, came to the author visits and voted for our winners! ✨📚🏆

TKA Library played host to the @sparkbookaward Final Award Ceremony yesterday, which was broadcast live on YouTube to 170 schools. Some of our pupils attended as the live studio audience and supplied some excellent drum rolls and applause! @TheKingstonAca